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Massive witch's butter?


pocketsand

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My records say that I tried eating Tremella mesenterica in 2001. My short description reads "slimy salty jelly". Interesting, because most reports say it doesn't taste like anything. I think I remember consuming some in soup years before that. I do not consider this to be anything worth seeking out to eat. 

As for the really large ball of "jelly" posted by pocketsand, I have no alternative proposal for the ID. What type of tree branch it it growing on? In damp/cool weather the masses can be much more substantial than usual. 

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Dave,

Unfortunately I forgot to take note of what kind of tree it was on...

I live on a very humid island and it has been raining quite a bit this last week.

May not be worth while taste wise but still super cool that it's edible. I read a random foragers journal entry about it and they mentioned it has some respiratory medicinal uses. Not sure how accurate that is (gonna look that up some more).

If it is true, that's also super cool.. 

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